You don't even need a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory which has been painted on the pavilion in Pittville Park.

A new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mural has been painted on the pavilion in Pittville Park. (Image: Cheltenham Paint Festival)

Cheltenham is alive with colour as the UK's top street art talent have filled empty walls and tunnels as part of the town's paint festival.

The Cheltenham Paint Festival took place from the 9-10 September, where over 80 artists including Kid Crayon, My Dog Sighs and Andrew Burns Colwill painted eye-catching murals for all to enjoy. Spray paint workshops for children also took place over the weekend.

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Thanks to a grant from the Arts Council the paint festival was the biggest yet, with murals including Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at Pittville Park, The Avengers at the Honeybourne Line Bridges and Alice in Wonderland at the Frog and Fiddle Pub.

Founder Andy Dice had previously run smaller paint festivals around the Honeybourne tunnels, but the funding allowed him to branch out across the city centre.

Mr Dice said: "With the funding we were able to step it up and bring in big names in street art from all over the UK.